Where I live, Internet services are very expensive and unfortunately I can't get the speeds people usually seem to have in America for a good price if at all they exist here. I've already tried using 4mbps and 10mbps lines (Shared) but I always seem to experience high packet loss during peak hours. I'm so tired of looking around for a solution. I've even gone to the extent of buying an xbox one only to find that it gives me the same problem. I'm thinking maybe a dedicated 4mbps line should solve this issue? It is so frustrating knowing that I can only play my online games 12am to 6am without any connection issues 🙁
I play games like Fortnite, Pugb and COD on PS4 and they all lag during the day and worse at peak hours.
What is a good internet connection bandwidth to play these games?
Best Answer
Googling a bit regarding those games I've found that for example, Fortnite needs at least 3 Mbps download speed and 1 Mbps upload, but the best results come around 10 Mbps (more info), I believe that similar requirements are for similar games (unofficial data for PUBG recommended around 4 Mbps).
However, in online gaming, the bigger issue is latency and quality of the connection (number of lost packets, the stability of connection). The first one relates directly to your physical distance to server: for example, it is very hard to get ping below ~200 ms from New Zealand to any USA server, the second depends on your provider. Will it be better than shared 10 Mbps? Yes. Will it be enough for competitive gaming? Maybe.